The Frozen North
Edith Horton
Leído por Laura Victoria
The Frozen North offers short sketches of the first men who bravely took great risks to explore the unknown polar regions and unlock the mysteries held there. - Summary by Laura Victoria (4 hr 15 min)
Capítulos
| Preface | 2:22 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Introduction | 10:16 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Sir John Franklin 1818 | 6:05 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Franklin's First Land Journey 1819-1821 | 10:55 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Franklin's Second Land Journey 1825-1827 | 7:30 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| The Voyage of the Erebus and the Terror 1845 | 11:00 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Elisha Kent Kane 1853 | 5:28 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Winter in Rensselaer Harbor 1853-1854 | 6:26 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| The Eskimoes 1854 | 6:28 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Hunting in the Icy North | 8:21 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Home Again 1855 | 11:23 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Nordenskjold and the Northeast Passage 1878-1879 | 19:12 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Voyage of the Jeannette 1879-1881 | 15:44 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Greely in Grinnell Land 1881-1883 | 8:04 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Farthest North of the Greely Party 1882 | 11:39 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Lieutenant Schwatka in Alaska 1883 | 14:13 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Nansen Crosses Greenland 1888 | 24:58 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| The Voyage of the Fram 1893-1896 | 17:27 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Peary Crosses Greenland 1891-1897 | 26:34 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Andrees Balloon Expedition to the Pole 1897 | 7:44 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| Expedition of 1902 | 6:16 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
| The Discovery of the North Pole by Robert E. Peary | 17:48 | Leído por Laura Victoria |
Reseñas
A book not to miss!
Roger32713
This book chilled me to the bone! Intrepid explorers brave the savage cold. This is history everyone should know! And you'll not find a better reader in all of Librivox than Laura Victoria, aka Laura Caldwell. Don't miss any of her narrations.
tellmeatale
Nice reading by Laura Victoria of the explorers that dared the frozen tundra to give the world much needed data of the polar regions! 5 stars for the reader Laura has a nice easy to listen to voice and just makes listening to this book a pleasant experience. If you like these type of books on exploring this is a nice easy listen and lots of information on the men that dared the challenge, and some gave their lives, for the betterment of mankind.
A history not to be missed!
Roger32713
This book chilled me to the bone! Incredibly intrepid explorers brave the savage cold. It is a story of amazing success and deep tragedy. This is history everyone should know. And you’ll not find a better narrator anywhere in Librivox than Laura Victoria, aka Laura Caldwell. Don’t miss any of her readings.